PROGRAM PROGRAM
PROGRAM

Schedule

(Updated as of May 20, 2024)
Important notes:

1. For the full workshop booklet (in PDF format), please click here.
2. This Workshop will be held in face-to-face mode.
3. Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited.
4. Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials.
 
Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2024fbe@ust.hk.
 


 

 

May 21, 2024 (Tue)
Time
Event
09:00 - 09:20 Registration
09:20 - 09:30 Opening Remarks
Session 1
Chair: Xinghua ZHENG (HKUST)
09:30 - 10:00 Talk #01: The Granular Origins of Tail Risk [Abstract]
Torben G. ANDERSEN (Northwestern University)
10:00 - 10:30 Talk #02: Co-jump Networks, Mixed Membership And Beyond [Abstract]
Yingying LI (HKUST)
10:30 - 11:00 Group Photo & Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Gavin FENG (City University of Hong Kong)
11:00 - 11:30 Talk #03: Can Machines Learn Weak Signals? [Abstract]
Dacheng XIU (University of Chicago)
11:30 - 12:00 Talk #04: Learning the Stochastic Discount Factor [Abstract]
Zhanhui CHEN (HKUST)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Carsten H. CHONG (HKUST)
13:30 - 14:00 Talk #05: High Frequency Returns Sign-Based Robust Inference [Abstract]
Jean JACOD (Sorbonne University)
14:00 - 14:30 Talk #06: A General Test for Functional Inequalities [Abstract]
Jia LI (Singapore Management University)
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
Session 4
Chair: Merrick LI (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
15:00 - 15:30 Talk #07: Testing for An Explosive Bubble Using High-frequency Volatility [Abstract]
Jun YU (University of Macau)
15:30 - 16:00 Talk #08: Non-Linear Time Series Models and Machine Learning [Abstract]
Nour MEDDAHI (Toulouse School of Economics)
16:15 Excursion & Dinner

 

 

 

May 22, 2024 (Wed)
Time
Event
Session 5
Chair: Weichen WANG (The University of Hong Kong)
09:00 - 09:30 Talk #09: Latent Factor Analysis in Short Panels [Abstract]
Olivier SCAILLET (University of Geneva and Swiss Finance Institute)
09:30 - 10:00 Talk #10: High-dimensional Covariance Matrix Estimation under Elliptical Factor Model with 2 + εth Moment [Abstract]
Yi DING (University of Macau)
10:00 - 10:30 Talk #11: Semiparametric Conditional Factor Models: Estimation And Inference [Abstract]
Xiaoliang WANG (HKUST)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Session 6
Chair: Zhentao SHI (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:00 - 11:30 Talk #12: High Dimensional Conditional Factor Model [Abstract]
Liangjun SU (Tsinghua University)
11:30 - 12:00 Talk #13: Optimal Covariance Matrix Estimation for High-dimensional Noise in High-frequency Data [Abstract]
Jinyuan CHANG (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
Session 7
Chair: Dachuan CHEN (Nankai University)
13:30 - 14:00 Talk #14: Asymptotic Expansions for High-frequency Option Data [Abstract]
Carsten H. CHONG (HKUST)
14:00 - 14:30 Talk #15: A Characterisation of Cross-impact Kernels [Abstract]
Mathieu ROSENBAUM (École Polytechnique)
14:30 - 15:00 Talk #16: The Fine Structure of Volatility Dynamics [Abstract]
Viktor TODOROV (Northwestern University)
15:00 - 16:00 Adjourn